CNN

The Des Moines Register's David Yepsen wrote Friday that while there was no clear winner at Thursday night's debate broadcast on PBS, the clear loser was Barack Obama for declining to attend.

Full column

Meanwhile, Obama had his own byline in a column from the Quad City Times that also appeared Friday. In it, he wrote about tax relief for–who else?– seniors, the very group targeted by Thursday's AARP-sponsored debate.

Full column